Protesting Too Much
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1997
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Satirical sitcom about an MP organising a protest in the run-up to an election. Stars John Fortune, Eleanor Bron, Louisa Milwood Haigh, Brian Bowles, Chris Pavlo and Elliott Nicholls
Protesting Too Much
Starring comedian John Fortune, best known for the satirical TV show Bremner, Bird And Fortune, and screen legend Eleanor Bron, Protesting Too Much is written by Sally Phillips and Kate Brooke. A classic comic caper that will have you in stitches.
Set on the eve of the 1997 General Election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass through his constituency. The protest soon draws all the wrong kind of attention as smears hit the newspaper, orchestrated by the villainous Robbins. To make matters worse, university job cuts are looming, which means George could be soon joined by his scholarly wife, Hermione.
Hermione's hero is Dante and she can't help finding parallels between the poet and her husband. As she falls in love all over again with her formally inept, but now seemingly dashing husband, things get complicated when their daughter Anne comes to join them too... Will the disaster-prone MP ever be able to climb down from his bypass protest? Is Hermione's instruction of fellow protestors in medieval siege tactics really the best idea? And what on earth will they do with that stuffed owl? The battle rages and George is up a tree - can he save his family, the constituency and moreover, the day?
First released: Thursday 8th August 2024
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 173
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